Cheddar Bob Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 I've read somewhere that if you were unfortunate enough to turn the box upside down, there is built in roll over protection that extends to protect ones noggin... I can't seem to find anything on this, other than the roll over hoops we all seem to have. Have I dreamt this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Only the hoops. And if you are over 6ft ish, be prepared to be shortened by a few inches if you roll a 986. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 19 minutes ago, Cheddar Bob said: I've read somewhere that if you were unfortunate enough to turn the box upside down, there is built in roll over protection that extends to protect ones noggin... I can't seem to find anything on this, other than the roll over hoops we all seem to have. Have I dreamt this? An open car has to have adequate rollover protection for construction and use regs so either a solid roll hoop, Boxster, Mini Convertible, BMW Z4, S2000 to name a few, others have explosive struts that trigger like the airbag system. The longer the car or the stronger the screen surround the less of a problem it is, however on my wife's EOS and Golf convertible there are two plastic rectangles in the rear shelf that have Do No Cover on them which is where the rollover protection fires up in the event of a roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topradio Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 No, the Boxster doesn't have this feature. It is standard on a number of open top cars but not ours. As Meno says above, it just the big lump of metal that you can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GmanB Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 The 996 convertibles have extending bars in such situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificjuha Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Also the 986 window frame is designed to protect the passengers pretty well: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topbox Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Only last week there was a post, I think on a Boxster facebook page, by @Mattman42 IIRC that showed a 987 that had been hit head on by a 4x4. The 4x4 had ridden up over the 987 bonnet and made contact with the windscreen fame which had stood up well. In the event of a roll, its an integral part of the saftey structure. From the interesting diagram above, posted by @pacificjuha, one can see the green parts of the frame are very high strength steel, good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 41 minutes ago, pacificjuha said: Also the 986 window frame is designed to protect the passengers pretty well: Great information on the 986 structure. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 23 minutes ago, Topbox said: Only last week there was a post, I think on a Boxster facebook page, by @Mattman42 IIRC that showed a 987 that had been hit head on by a 4x4. Ahem, some of us don’t do Facetweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 6 hours ago, pacificjuha said: Also the 986 window frame is designed to protect the passengers pretty well: Great post, never seen this diagram before, with some "good to know" construction going on under the skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennym1984 Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 Having been in a head on crash in a 986 (with a winnebago), I can confirm that they are very well built. The electric windows on mine were still working despite the entire front end being concertina'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificjuha Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 2 hours ago, the baron said: Great post, never seen this diagram before, with some "good to know" construction going on under the skin This safety information is from a Boxster book I got from the factory as I visited to see the assembly of Boxsters on 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Araf Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 8 hours ago, Menoporsche said: Ahem, some of us don’t do Facetweet I'm sure you could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynesider Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Lennym1984 said: Having been in a head on crash in a 986 (with a winnebago), I can confirm that they are very well built. The electric windows on mine were still working despite the entire front end being concertina'd Thats good to know (not that you were in a collision) the fact that it can take an impact with a large vehicle and you came out okay. Do they have a NCAP rating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted August 10, 2020 Report Share Posted August 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Tynesider said: Thats good to know (not that you were in a collision) the fact that it can take an impact with a large vehicle and you came out okay. Do they have a NCAP rating? Great to know the windows still work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 14 hours ago, Araf said: I'm sure you could. Definitely could , however, like @Menoporsche I suspect, I prefer to limit how much these organisations know about me and how much they can make from that knowledge.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topradio Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 1 hour ago, ½cwt said: Definitely could , however, like @Menoporsche I suspect, I prefer to limit how much these organisations know about me and how much they can make from that knowledge.. Me neither, I know that they will have stolen everything that they can from my phone but I don't intend to just hand it over as well. I must be doing a good job because recently a potential supplier ran a credit check and it turns out that I have an absolutely appalling credit score (I've never checked as the act of doing so hands them more information to sell). I was quite chuffed as it means that they know almost nothing about me.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynesider Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 I was quite chuffed as it means that they know almost nothing about me.😀 Who was that masked man?🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXY Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 18 hours ago, the baron said: Great post, never seen this diagram before, with some "good to know" construction going on under the skin Pretty sure that diagram, or one extremely similar is in the brochure (more like a book). Lovely little mines of information are Porsche brochures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninesomething Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 4 hours ago, ½cwt said: Definitely could , however, like @Menoporsche I suspect, I prefer to limit how much these organisations know about me and how much they can make from that knowledge.. It's possible to use fbuck and not tell them anything about yourself. Or not tell the truth. Or if you're really bothered use qwant for your browser. I must admit I reject as many cookies as I can. Started using qwant then stopped again for some reason I can't remember. Back on topic my neighbour has a volvo c70 with exploding rollover bars. Can they go off because of other impacts apart from rollover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheddar Bob Posted August 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 2 hours ago, JonSta said: It's possible to use fbuck and not tell them anything about yourself. Or not tell the truth. Or if you're really bothered use qwant for your browser. I must admit I reject as many cookies as I can. Started using qwant then stopped again for some reason I can't remember. Back on topic my neighbour has a volvo c70 with exploding rollover bars. Can they go off because of other impacts apart from rollover? Those will go off at the first appearance of meatballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninesomething Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/10/2020 at 6:12 PM, Lennym1984 said: Having been in a head on crash in a 986 (with a winnebago), I can confirm that they are very well built. The electric windows on mine were still working despite the entire front end being concertina'd Did you not see it coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 IIRC it was on the wrong side of the road round a bend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennym1984 Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Menoporsche said: IIRC it was on the wrong side of the road round a bend. Yup! A German couple driving on the right hand side of the road round a blind corner. Thankfully there was no argument about liability (a witness was following them and had been trying to alert them for a few miles) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sazzy Posted August 12, 2020 Report Share Posted August 12, 2020 28 minutes ago, Lennym1984 said: Yup! A German couple driving on the right hand side of the road round a blind corner. Thankfully there was no argument about liability (a witness was following them and had been trying to alert them for a few miles) Jesus! I met a French driver in a similar situation last summer, turned into a junction in the wrong side of the road, he just missed me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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